Daniel 9: Messiah Prince covenants us, cuts off our rebellion-sin, causes to seal-off our missing-the-mark-sin and covers up our futile-sin and brings ancient righteousness to us in His Holy City.  

1: In a first year of Dariush (“King” as a title not name, possibly just after Babylon fell 539 BC) son of Akashverush (“King” as a title, possibly Xerxes I 486–465 BC) of Madayee (Mede –  tribes of Japheth in north Persia, Zagros mountains with its capital – modern Hamadan where Esther and Mordechai’s tombs are:

Also much later is a Mahdi – a 12^th imam supposed to be Shia messiah who died without issue and his birthday is still celebrated in spring in Qom, Iran and a Mahdi end-of-age messiah is expected by both Shias and Sunnis) descent who was made king of the Kashdim  (from Kesed, Abraham’s brother, Nahor’s son, living in Iraq and likely also Babylonian)  kingdom.

2: In a first year of his kingship, I, Daniel (my judge Dani + El), had discerned by evidence/books  a number / counting of the years which had happened  through Yehoweh’s word to Jeremiah the prophet to fill up Jerusalem’s desolation (in) seventy years.

3: And I gave the/time of my face to Lord The God to searching prayer and supplicating in a fast and sack cloth and ash.

4: And I cause myself to pray to Yehoweh my God and cause myself to praise Him and say, “Please Lord, the God, the great and The feared, covenant watching and The Mercy to His lovers and His commandment watchers.

5: We had missed-the-mark-sinned (khata)  and had futile-sinned (Aven).  We had caused wickedness (rasha)  and we had rebelled (marad). We had turned aside from Your Commandments and Your Judgements.

6: And we had not watched Your servants, The Prophets, who spoke of Your Name to our kings and our princes, to our fathers and all the people of our land.

7:  To You, Lord, is The Righteousness.

And to us the shameful faces.  

As on this day, to Judah’s men and to Jerusalem inhabitants and to all Israel, those near and abroad in all the lands to which You caused them to be chased away in their treachery in which they had been treacherous against You,

8: Yehoweh.

To us the shameful faces.

To our kings, to our princes and to our fathers

who (all) missed-the-mark-sinned against You.

9: To Lord our God, The Motherly-Mercies and The Pardons, for we had rebelled against Him,

10:  And not listened to the voice of Yehoweh our God, to walk in His Instruction Manuals (Torahs) which He gave before our faces by hand of His servants, the Prophets.

11: And all Israel had crossed over Your Instruction Manual and turn away.

Except to not hear Your Voice – The Curse and The Oath which was written in the servant of God, Moses’,  instruction manual – poured out on us for we had rebellious-sinned against Him. 

12: And He caused the/time of His speech to be established. He had spoken against us and against our judges who had judged us causing to bring over us a great troublesome-evil which had not been done under all the heavens and such as had been done to Jerusalem.

13: as it was written in Moses’ instruction manual, this the/time of all troublesome-evil had traversed upon us and we had not been weakened before Yehoweh our God’s Face to repent from our futile-sins and cause prudence of Your Truth. 

14: And Yehoweh keeps watch over the troublesome-evil and causes it to traverse over us for Yehoweh our God is in all the works He has done and we had not listened to His voice.

15: And now, Lord our God, who caused your people to be brought out of the land of Egypt by a strong hand and made for You a Name. As on this day for we had missed-the-mark-sinned and had been wicked.

16: Lord, according to all Your righteousness, please turn back from Your Temper and burning anger on Your city Jerusalem, Your holy mountain.

For in our missed-the-mark-sins and in our fathers’ futile-sin, Jerusalem and all Your people are for a reproach to all surrounding us.

17: And now listen, our God, to the  prayer of Your servant and his supplications.

 And cause to light  Your Face over The destroyed holy place for Lord’s sake. 

18: My Lord, stretch Your ear and listen. Open Your eyes and see our destruction and the city which is called by Your Name.

For not over our righteousness, we are causing our supplications to be cast down over Your Face for the many of Your motherly Mercies.

19: Lord, hear!

Lord, forgive!

Lord, make yourself pay attention and act!

My God, For Your own sake, don’t tarry!

For Your Name is called over Your city and over Your people.

 

20:  And afterwards, I am emphasising and make myself pray and make myself praise. 

My missing-the-mark-sin and

my people, Israel’s missing-the-mark-sin!

And I cause my supplications to be cast down before Your Face, Yehoweh my God and over my God’s holy mountain.

21: And afterwards, I speaking in prayer and the man, Gabriel (Gever Valiant man + El), whom I had seen in a piercing vision, causing flying flight and landing over me at the time of evening offering.

22: And he caused to discern and talk with me and say, “ Daniel, I had come forth to cause to instruct you in discernment. 

23: In your piercing supplications, a speech went forth. And I had traversed and I cause to declare that you are coveted. And discern in speech! And cause discerning in sight. 

24: Sevens sevens (שּׁועים in pre-pointing text is sevens or seventy – or shvuim shivim Seventy seventies in post pointing text) is cut (nifal of kathak) on your people and on your holy city (their time is divided into ratios of sevens of sevens – a flexible base 7 equation?)

to cut off (kala) rebellion-sin (psha) and

to cause a seal-off (h’katham)

 of missing-the-mark-sin (katha)

And to cover up (Kafar) futile-sin (Aven)

And to cause ancient righteousness to traverse

And to seal off a vision and Inspired speech/song (nabi- prophecy)

And to anoint (messiah) the Holy Holies.

25: And you know and you are prudent.

From the going forth of a speech to cause turning back/repenting and building Jerusalem till Messiah Prince, a sevens/seventy seven (70⁷ or 70×7 or 70x2x7 or 70×7 or…??) and sixes/sixty and years/two. (Eg 455BC for Artaxerxes decree to 32AD is 7×60=420 years)

She (Jerusalem) turns back/ repents and a plaza (rakov) and a threshing / trench (karutz) is built in oppression/ a strait of the times. 

26: And after the sevens/seventy sixes/sixty and two, a messiah is covenant-cut. And except for Him and The Holy City, He does causes to destroy/decay a people, a Prince who traverses and their end (ketz) is in a deluge/flood (shethef – overflow, rinse Vs Mabul Noah’s flood from yabal bring forth, flow Gen 6:17).

And till the end of a war is a focussing (nifal Karatz – sharpen, cut, decide)* desolating/appalling.

27: A covenant was caused to be great and for many (for) seven one.  And (at) half of the seven, He causes to stop (shvath) a sacrifice and a gift aid on a wing of disgusts/ abominations in a desolating. 

And then completion (fem) of focussing (nifal Karatz – sharpen, cut, decide)*. She is poured out/melted over a desolating.

Phew!

Prayer:

Anointed/Messiah Prince, Hear us, forgive, pay attention, act, don’t tarry your sevens of time!

Messiah Prince who has covenanted us, cut off our rebellion-sin, caused to seal-off our missing-the-mark-sin and covered up our futile-sin, cause ancient righteousness in us in Your Holy City and stop abominable desolating.

Amen.